Adele von Leïla Slimani

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 224 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Verlag: Faber&Faber, LondonFaber&Faber
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780571331963
Auflage / Bände: Main

Written in prose of elegant but never bloodless neutrality . . . [Adèle] leads readers through the labyrinth of desire into an understanding of solitude, isolation and the search for authenticity as our common fate. IndependentFrom the bestselling author of Lullaby, the prizewinning debut novel about all our attempts to discover who we are - deep down - and what we actually want.From the bestselling author of Lullaby<br><br>'Riveting.'Evening Standard<br><br>'Explosive.'Mail on Sunday<br><br>'Thrilling.'Sunday Times<br><br>'A must-read.'Vogue<br><br>Her obsessions devour her. She is helpless to stop them...<br><br>Adèle has a seemingly enviable life. She is a respected journalist, living in a flawless Paris apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But beneath the veneer of'having it all', Adèle is bored. She begins to orchestrate her life around one-night stands and extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until her compulsions threaten to consume her altogether.1GBLeïla Slimani is the first Moroccan woman to win France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, which she won for Lullaby. A journalist and frequent commentator on women's and human rights, she is French president Emmanuel Macron's personal representative for the promotion of the French language and culture. Leïla is also the chair of the International Booker Prize 2023 judging panel. Born in Rabat, Morocco,in 1981, she lives in Portugal.

Sam Taylor was born in 1970 and is the former pop culture correspondent for the Observer. He lives in America with his family.

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